The Book Of Taliesyn 1969 Album

Deep Purple

This album and the next one are kind of cut from the same cloth. The band seemed to be attempting to expand on the debut record but either couldn't figure out that process or did not have the time to figure it out, and then ended up copying the same general setlist feel. There's a slight bit more emphasis on original material, but once again the lead single was a cover (Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman"), which was fun but sounded more like a Mitch Ryder song. Elsewhere, overdramatic covers of "We Can Work It Out" (which has an "Exposition" intro tacked on the beginning of it) and "River Deep, Mountain High" drag down the record. Oh yeah, "Wring That Neck" is the "Mandrake Root" of this album!